Where is everyone seeing Sorata blaming Shiina for anything? When Shiina got her illustration on the cover of that magazine, Sorata was fine. It was only when Shiina got the request from the video game panel that he got frustrated, and his frustration wasn't even directed at her. He was frustrated because it felt like no matter how much effort he put into his project, the only part of it that was recognised was a part that he wasn't responsible for. He feels powerless and useless, as though none of his hard work will ever pay off. I'm sure he sees something similar happening to Nanami, which only backs up that belief of his. He was venting at the world for being so unforgiving to those who put maximum effort in, but don't have prodigious talents. He would have vented even if Shiina hadn't been there. But she was, and his words hurt her. Once he realised this and called her back, the damage had been done.

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Do you not remember when he was giving Shiina the cold shoulder back when she was trying to cook something for Sorata and he had an attitude with her for a couple of episodes? That's when Sorata failed the first time. It doesn't matter that he "might" have done it whether Shiina was around or not. The point is Shiina IS there when he blows up and i don't remember him ever treating Aoyami that way.

That incident has nothing to do with the incident in episode 21. The reason Sorata was angry at her then was because she was injuring herself and didn't seem concerned about it. He finds it hard to think of her as a girl with normal emotions, probably because of how different she is from your average person. The title of the show is "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou", but Sorata seems to treat her more like a pet than a girl. But that's a completely different scenario, and I don't think Sorata's motivation is the same this time around.

I just don't believe he vented his frustrations because Shiina was there. Everyone else had gone inside apart from him and Shiina, and the barely opened letter was the straw that broke the camel's back. Had he been on his own or with Nanami when he opened the letter, do you think he would have somehow staved off that breaking point and waited until he was alone with Shiina to release his frustration? That's what it boils down to here.

Look, I don't think Sorata is looking at Shiina in the right way. I think she deserves to be treated more like a girl. But I also don't think that he's blaming her successes for his failures. It's been made clear that he idolises Shiina's undying perseverance. He just has no idea what more he can do.

I never said Sorata "blamed" Shiina for anything. Your missing my point about the episodes where Shiina was trying to cook for him. I wasn't saying they were equivalent. I said the whole thing has been a culmination over the whole anime. Anyway, I'm just going to leave it at that because I don't know how else to explain what I'm seeing from this anime.

It's funny to see people making up excuses for Sorata's shitty attitude. I don't think he is justified in any way to bust his short fuse at Shiina. He regretted it the first time he did it, and yet he does it again. At least they could have changed up the drama a bit. It made me rage whenever I see little to no development in a pubescent MC.

Not to mention that he never apologized for lashing out at Shina the first time. Their reconciliation at the park was practically a non-apology for Sorata, in fact, he tried to justify his behavior to her. Besides, he's been working on this project of his for what? A year, maybe even less, so it's infuriating to see him throw a shitfit when the other tenants of Sakurasou have been working on their craft for a much longer time.

"Justified"? No. Understandable? Yes. I find it completely within the range of normal human emotion and behavior, and feel compassion for both him and Shina.

I'm really getting tired of the whole every girl falls in love with the main character thing.

Well your in luck, only 2 girls fall for Sorata (3 if you count his little sister lol)

Yea, I have to agree with her point, the nice thing is there are other side love stories with Jin and so on. Quite often it just focuses on the main characters romance and every girl loves him. I like how it is slightly different haha, side note on the little sister seeing how I don't think he is considering her we can't count her.

Sorata sounds like a badass when he gets mad and loses his composer. That's about the only thing you can say about him though as he is pretty bland otherwise. I don't really hate him though he's just the average anime MC, I wish he'd get angry more often because the seiyuu does some damn fine work with those emotional lines.

Loved the last episode, want to see how they end it. They are still not done volume 6 of the novels and 9 just came out (reading, reading, reading... want to spoil but won't...). Looks like they will have enough material for season two if a miracle happens...

Loved the last episode, want to see how they end it. They are still not done volume 6 of the novels and 9 just came out (reading, reading, reading... want to spoil but won't...). Looks like they will have enough material for season two if a miracle happens...

Loved the last episode, want to see how they end it. They are still not done volume 6 of the novels and 9 just came out (reading, reading, reading... want to spoil but won't...). Looks like they will have enough material for season two if a miracle happens...

my reaction to episode 22 (or more precisely the final 12-15 minutes of the show)

show redeemed

and for some reason with that ending in episode 22
all I can think is Nanami x Mashiro...it absolutely makes sense